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1869, had some excellent brandy, of so high a proof that it would 

 not freeze ; and one very cold night, upon camping after a long 

 day's journey, he thoughtlessly took a swallow of the liquor 

 without first warming it, and it burnt his mouth and stomach 

 like boiling water. 



TENNYSON'S MONUMENT. 



THE far fields of the extreme North are not always covered 

 with frozen incrustations of ice, snow, or monster berirs, nor do 

 these comprise all the wonders of the desolate Arctic regions. 

 The most picturesque portion of the North Greenland coast is 

 found between Cape George Russell and Dallas Bay, and along 

 this margin, which ascends precipitously to a height of more than 

 one thousand feet, some remarkable red sandstone formations 

 are noticeable. The seasons have acted on the different layers of 

 the cliff so as to give them the appearance of jointed masonry, 

 and the narrow line of greenstone at the top caps them with 

 well-simulated battlements. 



The sloping rubbish at the foot of the coast wall leads up, like 

 an artificial causeway, to a gorge that glows at noonday with the 

 southern sun ; while everywhere else the rock stands out in the 

 blackest shadow. Just at the edge of this bright opening rises 

 the dreamy semblance of a castle, flanked with t ripple towers, 

 completely isolated and clearly defined. These monuments of 

 sandstone are known as the "Three Brothers." But there is 

 another, of still more striking symmetry and grandeur, in the 

 immediate vicinity, to which Dr. Kane gave the name, Tenny- 

 son's .Monument, and which he has described as follows: 



" A single cliff of greenstone, marked by the slaty limestone 

 that once encased it, rears itself from a crumbled base of sand- 

 stones, like the boldly-chiseled rampart of an ancient city. At 

 its northern extremity, on the brink of a deep ravine which has 

 worn its way among the ruins, there stands a solitary column, or 

 minaret-tower, as sharply finished as if it had been cast for the 

 Place Vedome. Yet the length of the shaft alone is four hun- 

 dred and eighty feet ; and it rises on a plinth or pedestal itself 

 two hundred and eighty feet high." 



